Lights could be tweaked to ease school traffic
FINAL adjustments to ensure traffic flows smoothly around the new Bemahague School can only take place once the major road works in Onchan are complete.Highways director Richard Pearson has said the...
View ArticleOur special relationship
THE relationship between business and the government in the island is special and these links have to be kept, according to Economic Development Minister John Shimmin.He said: ‘Overall, there are...
View ArticleManx spending survey gets underway
A SURVEY investigating household spending is under way, with the first letters having gone out to a batch of 200 randomly-selected Manx households.Economic advisor Stephen Carse, whose Treasury...
View ArticleStrand Shopping Centre film exhibition is reel thing
ISLE of Man Film is staging a special exhibition of images from some of the productions – television, film and animation – that have been made in the island since August 1995. The exhibition in the...
View ArticleGaiety Theatre repairs needed
A PLANNING application by DCCL reveals that the Gaiety Theatre’s roof is leaking.The Department of Community, Culture and Leisure, which owns the site, has applied to the government planning committee...
View ArticleTell wind farm developers our vital sea routes must be protected
THIS week’s Manx Independent is asking its readers to help to protect the island’s sea routes to England.They’re in jeopardy because of proposed wind farm developments, which would cause Steam Packet...
View ArticleTribute paid to former mayor
A SERVICE to remember former Douglas mayor Audrey Ainsworth is to take place today (Thursday).The current mayor of the town, Cllr David Ashford, said: ‘Audrey Ainsworth will be remembered for her...
View ArticleApology for MHK’s debt bill impasse
A DEBT Recovery and Enforcement Act has still not been implemented nine months after being given Royal Assent after hitting an ‘impasse’, the House of Keys heard.Douglas North MHK John Houghton sought...
View ArticleMotorists splash roadworking staff deliberately
MOTORISTS have been deliberately driving through puddles to splash highway workers during the wet weather.On Monday, one worker contacted the police after being splashed twice. The police issued a...
View ArticleMovember campaign finishes tomorrow
MOVEMBER will be marked at Macbeths, in Victoria Street, Douglas, tomorrow (Friday) evening.Everyone is welcome to show their support for the campaign, which is responsible for the sprouting of...
View ArticleRoads cash from plates
MANX motorists could soon invoke the envy of their peers by sporting a four-letter word on their car number plate.From this weekend the government is to release a new-style number plate bearing the...
View ArticleNo relief for mortgage misery
TREASURY Minister Eddie Teare MHK has ruled out the reintroduction of government mortgages.He was asked in the House of Keys to consider such a measure by John Houghton (Douglas North) who suggested it...
View ArticleBuddies to clean Perwick Bay this Sunday
Beach Buddies are holding another beach clean, this time at Perwick Bay, Port St Mary. All those interested in joining the buddies should go to Kallow Point car park at 10.30am this Sunday, December 2....
View ArticleBarclays new faces
BARCLAYS has announced two new appointments to its Wealth and Investment Management division, with Elaine Codona and Lindsey Finnie joining its human resources team in the Isle of Man. Elaine joins...
View ArticleBushy’s to bid for TT beer tent
BUSHY’s boss Martin Brunnschweiler says he is ‘surprised and disappointed’ that the site of the TT beer tent will be put out to tender next year.And Mr Brunnschweiler said he hopes the successful...
View ArticleLighting up Peel for Christmas
PEEL’S Christmas lights will be switched on tomorrow (Saturday).They’ll be switched on by some of the cast members from the Peel Pantoloons in Atholl Place, at 4.30pm.This year’s Panto is Jack and the...
View Article11.8% rent rise for public sector housing
A NEW-look points-based system for calculating public sector housing rents will lead to an average increase of 11.8 per cent from April next year, MHKs were told.And Social Care Minister Chris...
View ArticleA noise annoys so think about your neighbours at Christmas
THE police and government environmental health officers are reminding people to think about their neighbours before having noisy Christmas parties.A noisy party could cost a £5,000 fine in extreme...
View ArticleOrchestra busking Christmas carols
ENJOY a seasonal busking session by the Isle of Man Wind Orchestra outside the Strand Centre in Douglas.The Orchestra has been granted a performance licence and will be performing for shoppers tomorrow...
View ArticleWhooping cough alert
THERE have been 17 confirmed cases of whooping cough reported to health chiefs in the Isle of Man so far this year.They believe that’s an underestimate since the disease is mild in adults and older...
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